October 14, 1918

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1918, Albania, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Courtrai, Battle of Roulers, Belgium, British Army, communications, Cortemarck, Dixmude, Durazzo, Durres, Final Advance in Flanders, Flanders, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hunding line, Hundred Days Offensive, Iseghem, Iskutsk, Italy, Izegem, King Albert I, Kortemark, Krasnoyarsk, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, monarchy, railway, Roeselare, Roulers, Royal Navy, Russia, Russian Civil War, Siberia, Sissonne, Tirana, Wervicq, Wervik

Belgian, French, and British attack under King Albert on a 28-mile front from Dixmude to Wervicq, the British Fleet cooperating; to the north French carry Roulers and Belgians Iseghem, and farther north Cortemarck Station captured. French take Sissonne on the Hunding line. Italians occupy Durazzo and Tirana. British troops reach Irkutsk and leave for Krasnoyarsk.

October 2, 1918

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1918, Albania, Armentieres, Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Navy, Battle of Durazzo, Battle of St Quentin Canal, Battle of the Hindenburg Line, Beaurevoir, Belgium, Cambrai, Comines, Durazzo, Durres, evacuation, Fifth Battle of Ypres, Final Advance in Flanders, Flanders, Fleurbaix, Fonsomme, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hindenburg Line, Hundred Days Offensive, Italian Navy, Italy, La Bassee, Ledeghem, Lille, Lys, retreat, Royal Navy, Rumilly, St Quentin, Wervicq, withdrawal, Ypres

British break the Rumilly-Beaurevoir-Fonsomme line between Cambrai and St. Quentin. On the Ypres front British take Ledeghem and cross the Lys between Wervicq and Comines. German withdrawal from Armentières, La Bassée, and Lille; British take Fleurbaix. Italian and British warships attack Durazzo, destroying the base and sinking Austrian torpedo-boat.

May 12, 1918

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1918, Albania, communications, Durazzo, Durres, Hejaz, Italian Navy, Italy, Ma'an, Operation Hedgehog, Ottoman Empire, prisoners of war, railway, sinking, Turkey

Arab forces north and south of Maan take 264 Turkish prisoners and demolish part of the Hedjaz railway. Italian destroyers attack an enemy convoy off Durazzo and sink a transport.

April 22, 1918

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1918, Adriatic, Albania, Alfred Carpenter, Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Navy, Battle of the Lys, Belgium, Bruges, Durazzo, Durres, France, Germany, Great Britain, HMS Brilliant, HMS Daffodil, HMS Intrepid, HMS Iphigenia, HMS Iris II, HMS Sirius, HMS Thetis, HMS Vindictive, Imperial German Navy, North Sea, Ostend, Ostend Raid, prisoners of war, Robecq, Royal Navy, Sir Roger Keyes, submarine, Zeebrugge, Zeebrugge Raid

Naval Raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend by forces under Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes; after intensive bombardment by monitors, cruiser Vindicative, Commander Carpenter, and auxiliaries Iris and Daffodil run alongside mole at Zeebrugge and land storming parties while three obsolete cruisers filled with concrete enter the harbour and two of them, the Iphigenia and Intrepid, are successfully sunk at the entrance of the Bruges Canal and an obsolete submarine run against piling of the mole and blown up; at Ostend two other block ships run ashore with a view to blocking up the harbour. British line advanced slightly near Robecq; 120 prisoners. Two British destroyers engage five Austrian destroyers in Adriatic; enemy fly for shelter to Durazzo.

December 29, 1915

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1915, Albania, Allies, Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Navy, Durazzo, Durres, France, Greece, Italian Navy, Italy, Kastellorizo, Lika, Ottoman Empire, sinking, Triglav

Austrian destroyers Triglav and Lika sunk by Italian and Allied warships off Durazzo. French occupy island of Castellorizo.